The Sun. — London, England, 1808-12-30 00:00:00

w r i F ~"' TO THE EDITOR .0-P THE SUN. ff]v 1* , F MR. EDITOR, lit is not only in the .Metropolis, but likewise in Pierent parts of the country, that Debating Socie !s, or, as you have justly termed them, hot-beds, l' sedition, have within these last two years given I)nsiderable uneasiness to' the real friends of the ‘lritish Constitution., Indeed it is next to -irnpossi ile, that the leading charaders in these Societies, nho, ii seems, are of similar habits and sentiments 4 those in London—freethinkers, men of desperate FlrtiArie, or• avowedly disatfeded to the institutions, ivil and religious, of this country, can engage in 'ny public discussions, of either a moral or political • future, without either directly or indirealy corrupt, 2riig the moral sentiments of their ,audietice.s.;x4,,is„ islorthy of remark, that when THOMAS PAINE had 'ailed to produce a destructive anarchy in this entrn t_ry, by a direct attack upon the Constitution, 'he , 'iiipi:osed it poisible to undermine the foundations i): our venerably system, by an audacious and slasphemons, though contemptible, attack on the Is writ oracle. The ignorant dupes of this base ar kifice are far from being extina among us, and may lie frequently found in these Assemblies, where , 'they have, occasionally, opportunities, ; not to be 'had elsewhere, of mixing with their discussions !sentiments contemptuots, or indecent sneers at the 'sacred writings, and holy institutions, founded :upon them. And it is a matter of fad, that on mo •ral questions, decisions have been palmed on : their thoughtless attendants, in opposition to the divine sources, and perfect standards for human condu&. This is a natural consequence -of their mode . of discussion. Through an atfeaation for avoiding re ligious disputes, even..upon =Yeas on which re-' • lieioyists _wee,. they will reason abstraaedly on to; ict-, whiCh have rot only a divine sanction, but a % the wisdom and experience of ages, like their truth and. usefulness. In this til% • :like children or tools, who, having closed SCI .#6.shiiiterS'- on the light of day, amuse themselves briViltAir . ' • .n .1 ty' Scrabble in the dark. The least evil consequence of such a mode of dis cussing moral subjects, is that of weakening the re sped' due to Revelation in the minds of the young and thoughtless-, who attend these meetings for the sake of amusement.- This being effected, 'immo rality', sedition, 8, - .c. may be the final result, as is too • generally. experienced. It should likewise be observed, that these So cieties are organised, and in constant training, hay-. ing their. Presidents, • Secretaries, &c. and being a' ' Money-getting business, and the prinsAi)ratorsi part sharers in the profits, they have:#.9fincteurSti 111111US to continue their exercises : i cautious they may be at present, ~ in S i , ! c h h o o 7 c ' e :: v e o r f their subjetts (in which, indeed, they tare net over nice), to prevent alarm, it is impossible to be with out serious apprehensions of the movements of such prepared machinery, and such principles,--at a more. convenient season. November, 1808. A COUNTaY, MAILS. Aka:v zn—t Dublin, z Waterford. Duz—r Gottenburgh, I iSublin, Waterford. PRICE 01 , STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVIL O'CLOCK. Cons. for Op. 61,::t Rai. Ann. - 65 it Omnium THE. SUN. SOLI"' 4ZUIS DlCitita FAL3UI4 AUDELAT? LONDON, FEMAY,_ DECEMBER 30, 1,898. GOVEIIN!IENT this morning received--Dikifatches from Coruntra, dated the 23d inst. The most im- po-;tant faa which they contain is, that 'a .junc- Con has at let:gth taken place between the ar7 ivies of. Sir Joie` INlocaia and Sir DAVID BAIIID. Their line extends from Benevento to Toro. Tire Maltinis dc ROMAN A remained at Leon, with a force of between 20 and 30,000 wen. The • people of dallicia and Asturias were all in the higlltitt; A Gentleman of the name of LEE town yesterday - afternoon : he was the bearer of Dis patches from 114 r. FR ERE, whom lie left at Talavera on the 6th inst. Mr. LEE carne to England by way of Lisbon. As soon as the Peas of the Soma Sierra was forcal, it was deemed expedient that the Supreme Junta should.rernove its Sittings from Aranjuez, as they might there be exposed to the incursions of the Enemy's cavalry. The Junta intended to repair in the first instance to Truxillo, and, in case of necessity, to Widajoz. Mr. LEE, we are happy to say, con firms the accounts which had previously reached us. of the energy and determination which all ranks of people in Spain continue to manifest. This Gentle -11.1 !II has not, we understand, brought any further respeaing the operations of tine British Ar- We think that before this howleVer, tl.cy must have formed a juntaion.' b i3rthe,Fppid advance of BUONAPARTE they are now placed almost 1' the :ear of the It'rench ; and we should suppose that an Army of 60,000 men, of which 40,000 are .i3ritish Troops, acting upon the flank and rear of ihe French, while they are opposed in front by a , - formidable army _of regulars, assisted by an armed population, woUld place BUONAPARTE in a very cri. ticl hit uati - on. • ' The violence Of, 13.uoriapAitTE's, temper, and the iadignation he telt against General IVl,atut,A, seem tompietely to have got the better of ins judgment, not only in the to movable interview 'which took place before Madrid, but in the publication, of conversation afterwards in a Bulletin. For a - man ltlru calls hi►-Ist:it an Emperor, to abuse, :in . the" grossest , terms,_ an Officer for loyalty to his Sove reign, certainly was not very decorous ; but t o commit nicate to the people of France the in which' that , abuse was conveyed, seems to indicate either great fol ly or great forgetfulness on the part of his Imperial Majesty. When the people of France read that 800 NAPARTE abused General MOR LA for not performing the conditions of the Convention of Baylen, they will naturally want some information about this s.iid Convention. It is true BUONAPARTE did conde- scend to tell his subjeCts that, 'owing to the and incapacity of one of his Generals, he had lost some troops. in the South of Spain, but of the Battle of Baylen, of the Convention of Baylen, of the surrender of Gen. DUPONT and .f 2 0,0 0 0 men, the good people of France knew knothing till Btio 7 NAFARTE.Iet the secret out in this dialogue with Gen. MORLA. Another very interesting piece of , intelligence which this Bulletin conveys to the people of France is that, about. half a year ago, the whole French Fleet which was in the harbour of Cadiz was captured ; an event,which has not - 09 4 1 Y, not been direEtly mentioned, but• has never even been alluded to in the French Papers. Perhaps in some future fit of intvmperance mid passion BUON,A, PARTE may condescend to givehis subjects a few de tailS respeaing the Battle of Trafalgar, about whiCh he has hitherto preserved a total silence. We understand. that the amended Report of the Court of Inquiry has been submitted to HUI MA'. JtSTY. From what .we hale heard, this. Report does not recommend a Court Martial, or any father proceedings in that Court, nor does it cast the least refleaion On the condu& of the respeaive Com manders. Whatever events may happen abroad; the'Oppo sition-Writers are sure to discover, or to insinuate, Chat, some error is to be found at home, unless the distant event is of a favourable nature, and then in deed those Writers will be very solicitous to prove that Government have had no hand in it. Nay, they will most probably maintain, that the fortunate event, wlhateVer it may. be, would not have oc curred,' if- the Counsels of Administration had been implicitly followed. The delay in the junction be- I tweeu Sir JOHN Moons and Sir D. BAIRD, these Writers say, appears to them " most extraordinary." If then they consider it as extraordinary, and they are unable to account for it, they must be rash and foolish in venturing to make'any assertion upon the subjeet: But though this protracted junction of the British Generals appears extraordinary to the Oppo sition Writers, yet they confidently declare that " the Public may rest assured. that there is some cause for this unfortunate state of inadivity, altage Cher foreign to the judgment and wishes of those two gallant Commanders." Here then we might infer, that this cause, foreign to the judgment and wishes of the British Commanders, is foreign altogether as to this country ; but that the Writers begin to ask invidious questions, which shew that they ,are re .solved to discover some fault at home, to cast odium upon Government, even upon a point which their total ignorance induced them to represent :as.-". most extraordinary."--" Is it, (say they) for want of horses to draw their cannon, or are they cursed with a Commissariat who can neither . make provision for the Army, nor apportion the food among the troops when it is procured, that they are thus divided " ThuS then, what the Party Writers have pronounced." most extraordinary," they have endeavoured to explain by insinuations against Alinisters, and by reflections on the Conuniyariat. these riters do not look for itn pediments to the expe&ed jundion in the posture of affairs in Spain, in the arrangements and strength of the Enemy, or in many untoward events which 'time will develope and explain. No, the fault must lie :it the door of Ministers, or upon, the Corn- missariat, without any consideration of the nnavoid abler ditftoulties and ob6tacles that may have arisen. After these insinuations and relledions, however, the writers think proper to add, that they do—not say " it is . to either of these causes that Sir JOHN Moons has been for three weeks at Salamahea, and Sir DAVID BAIRD.HS long at Villa Franca," yet they .• still affirm, that this " apparent inactivity" is " most unaccountable indeed." Why, then, do they not wait till - Sir JOHN MoonE or Sir DAVID BATRD have explained the cause of this " apparent inadivity and when they do, we predid that.the Writers will be satisfied with what Sir JOHN Moons .may say on the subjea, however it may fare with Sir DAV).I3 BAIRD. • • - • Major-General Ntoxzl,NG,tc is,-itis sjia,-,to-tre appointed Comma:Kt:l iu Cnief of New Sota;ii - kWrie4. Leiters of • Servii:e have been granted,tur levying nine new Regimenis. All the Highland RegitilelltS, both ist and .v.d Bat talions, at pre,ent in Great Britain, hare received orders to hold thent , elves in readiness for enibaflia: lion on foreign sefvue. Sir JoUN STUART and General OA E 5, it is sad, are to jai) the Army in Spain. NAVAL N EW S. • 11 7 3 y .accounts received from 'Margate, we learn, that i . : t.42: - e'_ are some hopes of saving the hull, and nearly ti whole, of the cargo of the Walpole. said, that soon alter the meeting of riarlia • nie ir nt, one of the first 'Measures will_be for a turther Qw.2.:inentation of the disposable force of the country,l . ; 11 ,1 that the measure for volunteering from the Mi 'ilia corps, formerly so successful, will again be re 4orted to. Every•regiment of the line is to have IWO battalions; several will be able to get them, and the. national and popular corps, such as the English, the Scots,:and the Welsh Fnzileers, the Inniskillens, the "loyal Irish, the Scots Royals, the 42d, the 52d, and a tew other corps, will_ have each six battaliOni.. Dispatches were yesterday received at Lord CAS TLEREAGH'S' Office from Lisbon, and also at the Admiralty Aron] Sir CHARLES COTTON. They do not, ; we understand, contain any thing of im portance. 1 PLYINIOTITH, DEC. 28.—Arrived the Ligger Union, - • - f -L - 1 HO.EY l'A RD, from Alicant, laden with wine and • • 1 , .- p Edit,bid to Jersey, 'put in by contrary winds , : I hatitn sprung her main -mast, and received other datnage in the late gales.. . . Sailed the Aretinisa Frigate on a oruize to the. West ward. _ A Fridate arrived this afternoon from the West ward, bat owing to a severe gale of wind, .neither her name- or place from whence she comes can be learned. DEAL, DEC. n.----Sailed his . Majesty's Shit') Roy- . The Loire Frigate sailed some time ago from. this,laiiskon a•Cruize, and the Ann, Ttion - riE‘, for Cork country for Spain, with two millions of dollars, arrris, I d A , &c. for the use of the Patiiots. On her pass., te p . His Majesty s Brig Bustler is on shore when off L'Orieut, she was approached during t b on lit Coast of France ; the crew got on hoard th e night by a large ship, which she soon found to be 71,1.4 m p h Cutter, and are brought into tlit Downs. 74 , of the enemy,' who poured a broad-side into herb • • The Loire returned the charge, undismayed by the' enemy's superiority, and continued a sharp alion of half an hour with the 74.—The Captain of the Loire, mindful however, of the nature of the service upon which he had been sent, and of the risk to which it' might be exposed in so unequal acontest, Ahought it prudent to sheer off, returning the enemy's compli ment with a salute of a broadside. We are happy to hear, that, the loss of the Loire in this gallant attioti is very inconsiderable, and that she‘pursued.her des tination without having received any material da- PORTSMULTTII; DEC: . —Arrived severo.l out warAound Vessels from the Downs. Sailed His Majesty's Ship' Conqueror for Lisbon, and the Violet on_a cruize. COWES, DEC. 29:- 7 —Yesterday'a large Ship (naive unknown) went on Shore at the back of this Islan d ' I understand she is 'from Ireland, .and laden with provisions, supposed to be for London. Assistance is gone round from hence, and' it is hoped she Wili be got off and brought into this Port, the weather being now very moderate. mage.. - , General -CUESTA, in spitd of the disgrace into which he had fallen, from his arrest of the Leon Deputies, still enjoys a considerable degree of po pular favour.. This he owes to the reputation'be gained formerly, by his proud resistance to - the; power of the Prince of PEACE. When Governotae,G, the Council of Castile, he ,refused to do homage 42, the 'Minister by attending his call, and himself r quired to be waited upon by him. This oecandrsed great enmity on the part of the omnipotent faVone rite. CUESTA, in, his official character, .was guar dian of that sacred deposit of the national credit; the Caisse d'Anaertisation, the Spanish sinking' fund.— The Queen and Favourite were in the habit of re quiring enormous sums from this fund, under for mer Ministers. Cu ESTA, however, retuned to grant them under his administration, and when Royal au- , thority was gained to justify the ad, he still refused, declaring that he might be displaced from•his post at pleasure, but could not be forced to violate its du- • ties. This occasioned his removal from Court. A, .EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM A RESPECTABLE'HOV°f sort of popular movement took place ree.:64ilyi,iiit - 2 ,-, DATED NIESSINA, 30TH OCT. To A MBRCANTIL6 l Araujuez, in his favour. A deputation,frora;tbe HOUSE IN THE.CITY. ' - '.. : - - .... . -r- -- - tiC : people waited Upon Count FLORIDA BLANCA, to of -i se "We are' in a continual state Ofalarrn l'Ora- 11 — a safety of this Island. We have learnt that ther9t quire why the General was unemployed.-- , " :He il several ships in'Toulon, and other ports calf.o l " a ' either," said the.popular orators, " a traitor to his . country, and then be should be hanged, or he is a: with.a large number of troops on board, otiltWalf ll/ ' atropportunity of getting out, destined tortiak" t ' . patriot warrior, and then he should cominaild an army." The venerable President of the Junta an- tacks on different parts of this Island at the sam e stye*, that there were no imputations on trie pa- .... iiine,.in which General MURAT is to co-opeFatr, bra. triotistn of 'the General, but that he was'avanted to sending a large body of troops assist their Council as a man of talents. " A sol- territory. dier's talents (they replied) are of use only in the ' " Wecan perceive great adi fr v 6 it r : field." It is expected that an occasion would be ' the side ; a number of troops in constant motion on taken, from this occurrence, to giye an iwportant shore,- also a vast ntunbdr of sailors (rife on the o lerc, command to the General. in the Bay of Naples, preparing their. vessels se c : The Marquis DE LA RoIsIANA having represented small.craft, as if destined for some immediate ol' &1. to the Junta at Corunna the necessities of the Oa- .takina "i nn naet time opposi te o• it lician army, that body invited the inhabitants of - • Charleston Packet •• is arrived at LiVerr t i, 5000 pair of shoes for the army. The Members of Corunna to form a subscription for the purchase of ~ The' . from Wilmington, 'which place she left on tee 9- the Corporation made a grant of 10,000 reals.— of, November. She can of course bring no ne'i s t ; The profits of a play were given, which prodoed as the New York Papers, received last weelc, v",:e, ~ r 2,646 ; and a commission was established to, receive.' to. the 17th inclusive ; and the Debate on iti' ; private donations for completing the conltibUtiorta ~e, 4. s...HITENDEN'S Resolution fir the Repeal of th e required. ' - ** l -‘: '"; 1 Embargo - did not take place until the 14th. W' l c i ' A new plan has been recently suggestOifpz n 7 mington produces nothing but timber, pitch , ail • larging Smithfield Market, or tattier for render t ark ta . "i tar, and as these articles bear a 'hip price in. tl' is " the present space adequate to the , transaction' Of the country, the Packet has been probably tempted i° increased business of the mat ker. It is proposed to . break the Embargo, with a freight of thisdeicript iu '' retnove - the sheep market to an upper story, to be, The Merchants, Traders, and Inhabitants of Fir construeled of Cast iron, over the present space, with . mend], following the generous example of th6Mee t ; inclined planes, fer the ascent of the sheep, and that in gat the City of London Tavern, as sembled a the whole of the space beneath should be used as a their Guildhall on the 26th instant, rlo enter int o ' market for hOrned cattle. subscription for the relict of the Spanish Patriols'"; . THE THEATRE. The favourable impression A Committee was appointed,, at the head of virbl c a. which Mrs. BF.AUNIONT Illaqe on the public by her is tire Mayor. Donations to a consiierable arbol-• ° performance of Be/bidet - a; was increased by tier- re- were immediately entered, and the list continue d presentation of Alicia last night, at the Haymarket fill Theatre. The' two charaaters are essentially ditfera , T ra h p e id ly ly ll . owia - g is an Extract of a Letter from CI: ' ent, and, therefore, she had a fair opptiflOihastf a : twin CRABTREE, of the Jcihn, bound to the BraVria Showing the variety of her powers. In 'Bd.24larqb-i dated at Madeira, 24th Nov.---" The Mutine o . l :: ' of War, with part of her Convoy for the .F;:"" 41 i0 the violent feelings are only occasional, antider tiess is the predominant characteristic. ' lii • AA' , t arrived here yesterday. The Fleet was diapese' a a. different gales. The stragglers are dropping 43 a • pride, arrogance, impettiosity, and a revengeful • • spirit, are ' the chief qualities ; and ' hence Mrs. Time Iliniine intonds to sail tortnorrow, with stilt BeNumoarr had abundant scope for her powers, and Ships as are colleeed. The Ben Loinand (a Pet ul ,', l 3o . Ship) is here. NOne of the Portuguese Vessel s c- , 10 1 she acquitted herself throughout very ably. Nor was 'Out of Falmouth with the Fleet. The: Elect, saute she less successful in the agony which results from froni Portsmouth 2d November, put into Taliv --- , 1 3 the success of her artifice against Hustings:, the 01) 7 jell of her. affedion. Hastings had.avery impressive the 4th, and sailed the next day. The Atrie:el ".. representative in Mr. C. KEMPLE j ,and Ports gave Cork Convoys are gone .past" - sufficient importance importance to Dormant. 't Suicam.—On Wednesday night a Lady amid , , Ge ~., Mrs..BILLINGTON, as we predicted, is •engaged t l ema n got i nto a h ac k ney - coac h at t h e stan d in ' t-il v for the Opera House, and if report says true, is f or d- stree t, opposite .Rathbone . - . place, co d the fai:,, 1 1 6 likely to appear with improved advantage, for the was se t r down in Warren-streei; Fitzrosquare. J a ' 0 Cataluni rage. has operated strongly on her emula- Gentleman ordered the coachman JO drive. Inn) t° . , e, tive feelings, and--induced her not to let lien talents qpublic-house at Brompton, but on his all ival the' a lie fallow, but - to cultivate them during the recess he was found lifeless, having cut his throat iii _ os with incessant diligence. ' shocking manner with a penknife. - The body ; ay .. MowroN has a New Comedy nearly ready ; forifre" I owned yesterday by information given by the Let, : Haymarket Theatre, which will of course be silt:fuel who accompanied the deceased to Warreu,st d brought forward. ' ' .•-. . •s ! .79114i1F - • He turned. out to be a Lieutenant of Marinesi aa Last week sokre very beautiful Ladies visited i Newcastle, in the Russian stile, on a sled& ‘C KIT be was supposed to have committed suicide in coll' sequence of 'sonic losses at play. • . . was covered with scarlet' cloth, and was rapidly to% Another noted housebreaker, knOWn on the . drawn over the 'snow by one horse. •,rdaf by the' appellation of Jack the Baker, was. Yer'r t " Fo . ' .An alarming tire broke. out on Wednesday night, fully committed for trial, at Marlborough-street gang' in the first.floer of the dwellitig-house"of Mr. Peer, ' lice Office, charged with being another of the tit° Saffron-buildings, New Road, which entirely cop- which broke into the hduse of the,,COuntess Alt er o7 a, sumed the same. 'lt was first discoveredby the The.principal witness against the prisoner was 1 ca . vv atclunn a, and %I:as suppused to have been occasion- D ecaux, • w h ose test i mony went principallY I°_, J3 ` . a i , - ed by a spark communicating from the. 'fire to a ' v iet Ca ve ll f or th e sa m e o ff ence , at t h e late Old I , e child's cut left near it. r t ley Session. — This witness stated the prisoner bur, ; a the A Goat, the property of Mr. RICHARD ACEILY, one of time party c..trictrned in pretneditat.o,, a r oal , .at Ca: Western Wharf, Abingdon-street; Westtnin-e : glary ; and on his , testimony the prisoner was ' % stem - , h:is . kidded the uneuinnion number Of .taykly,ei mated. .. vorio kids; in the short space of a year and a quartss cia , fc .. The Gardens. of Temple Newsam, near ;oar a al aa riust .1807 she brought three,. in Julie' lug "Pone; which „are 'stated to have cost toe late Fr°P r ,be ' and on Monday last five, all of which ard hr-clift* -25,0n01. have been 'let by the preset - 4 poses 6c) ' and healthy, and likely to be. reared. • - i darquis of Hertford, for 401. a year. 1 RAMSGATE, DEC. 28.—This morning the first Battalion of the 88th Re gunent, commande db 11 y Co l. _ DOFF upwardsof 800 men,marched Iron/ ourbarfackg; s' • • and were put on board Transports in the harbour i • they are exPected to sail from hence to toe Dow n by this evening's tide. When in the DoWns, thei • are to be removed to the Sarah and Magnet, by tet :' large Transports, very - fine copper-bottomed Ship s .* which draw too much ,water co enter. Ramsgate pier. The Guards were eiyeaed here, to embaric before the'BBth Regiment, but . orders to the OrLirary -4166 • received here last night. SICILY.